Julian Richer

"Richer Sounds" the UK's biggest hi-fi retailer, named in the Guinness book record for the highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world is the hard work of Julian Richer. At the age of 19 he opened his first shop and after a shaky start, now owns several successful businesses. Talk about business expansion and diverse investments, besides 'Richer Sounds' Juilan businesses cover manufacturing, franchising, the Tecno and Fox Talbot photographic chain, a retail recruitment agency, a small commercial property portfolio and an award winning restaurant. His book "The Richer Way" was the best selling business book when it was published in 1995 and he was famously brought in by Archie Norman to help revitalise Asda. Besides being a motivational and powerful speaker and writer of a regular column for "Q" magazine, he also is a very benevolent and warm person. He provides free consultancy work for some of the UK's largest charities, a Foundation, which helped 250 good causes last year, Duchy Originals (the Prince of Wales' charitable trading company) and he is also one of the eighty official "Ambassadors of Youth". Chief executive of some of the country's largest organisations consult Richer on cultural change management, staff motivation, customer service, staff communications and staff and customer suggestion schemes.